Carmaker Volkswagen announced the recall of about 800 thousand. Cars because of possible problems in the pedal mechanism.

The recall shall be 391 thousand. Volkswagen Touareg car models and nearly 410 thousand. Porsche Cayenne models of machines manufactured from 2011 to 2016, reports the BBC Russian Service . Both of these models are built on a common platform.

Earlier it was reported that Volkswagen could not reach an agreement with the US authorities on the audit of diesel engines of about 600 thousand. Vehicles affected by the fuel scandal.

In the fall of 2015 Volkswagen management has admitted that the company manipulated the US test results on the content of harmful substances in exhaust gases of diesel engines.

Earlier, US regulators have found that on some vehicles, the company's diesel engines are software that allows you to bypass the testing for harmful emissions.

Today the court in the US has announced that Volkswagen must submit a final plan with detailed and concrete proposals on inspection engines not later than 21 of April.